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Example 22-84
Sak i kam biainim tupla nau wok lo laikim pis.
Sak
shark
i
pm
kam
come
biain-im
follow-
tr
tupla
2du
nau
now
wok
prog
lo
prog
laik-im
like-
tr
pis.
fish
The shark wanted fish and chased the two.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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